Let's be honest - we take technology for granted.

Here are some game-changing examples:
Wikipedia

Think about it; it's a crowd-sourced repository of virtually all human knowledge, available to everyone, for free

Incredible innovation
Music Streaming

The world’s music has never been more accessible. Thank you Spotify and YouTube

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” - Nietzsche

Music is magical. Can make you feel, laugh, cry and time travel
Shopify

You can build an ecommerce business in a day

This used to take years to create

Your life can change in 24h
Amazon Prime

Order pretty much anything and get it pretty much instantly

With COVID, this made life convenient, safer and more fun

Request: how can we make this more sustainable to the environment?
Google Maps

Being lost is lame. Huge time suck

Products that save you time are life-savers
Internet Dating

Any product that helps people find true love is a blessing

Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, whatever

The more innovation we do here the better

Let’s create safe, sustainable tech experiences that bring people together
Fiverr/Upwork

We need more ways to allow people to monetize their skills all over the world

I’ve heard so many stories of $$ made from these platforms feeding families and changing lives

Fiverr/Upwork are a step in the right direction
Chat

Thank you WhatsApp, SMS and iMessage

Chat with loved ones who are across the globe, instantly

That’s some futuristic stuff right there
Online Banking

Going into banks is a hassle

Today: You can take a picture of a check with your super camera, deposit it and get back to whatever you want to do

More innovation needed here (thanks crypto) but we’re still better off than we were in the 90s
YouTube/TikTok

Old: to be discovered, you had to be in Hollywood
Today: to be discovered, you have to be on the internet

Massive win for entertainers. Massive win for everyone
Twitter

You can could meet anyone and learn anything in real-time

"We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters"

I’ll take it

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